Thoracic skeletal muscle index is effective for CT-defined sarcopenia evaluation in patients with head and neck cancer

PURPOSE: Computed tomography (CT)-defined sarcopenia, as a measurement of low skeletal muscle (SM), is a poor prognostic indicator in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC), independent of weight or nutritional status. We used SM measures at the second thoracic vertebra (T2) to determine T2-SM ind...

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Autores principales: Vangelov, Belinda, Smee, Robert, Moses, Daniel, Bauer, Judith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2023
Materias:
Head and Neck
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10620319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37573279
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-023-08162-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10620319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37573279
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-023-08162-y

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